“Orthogonal” means you can be a virtue ethicist without a commitment on consequentialism, and vice versa.
A virtue ethicist who is not a consequentialist is the old school Greek ethicist.
A consequentialist who is not a virtue ethicist is one of the modern variety of maximizers.
A virtue ethicist + consequentialist is someone who tries to work out ethics in multiplayer situations where some players are dicks and others are not. So defection/cooperation ought to depend on the ‘ethical character’ of the opponent, in some sense.
“Orthogonal” means you can be a virtue ethicist without a commitment on consequentialism, and vice versa.
A virtue ethicist who is not a consequentialist is the old school Greek ethicist.
A consequentialist who is not a virtue ethicist is one of the modern variety of maximizers.
A virtue ethicist + consequentialist is someone who tries to work out ethics in multiplayer situations where some players are dicks and others are not. So defection/cooperation ought to depend on the ‘ethical character’ of the opponent, in some sense.